Song Description
An old Spanish woman casts her mind back to when she was fighting for the International Brigade in the Spanish civil war. She reflects on the way the country has changed for worse and for better since then and concludes in positive, celebratory tones.
| Song Length |
4:30 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Latin - General |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Passive |
Subject |
Life, Revolution |
| Similar Artists |
Kris Kristofferson, Wilco |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
See that old Signorita
Who serves up the beer
Used to be a ballerina
When they ran up the red flags here
Says even in the bad times
There was singing you know
The only difference was
They were songs of the bad times though
Chorus:
Hand out the castanets
Lay down a tune for flamenco
Strike up the clarinets
I want to dance the fandango
Just a ragged army
In a revolutionary war
Sometimes with all the tourists here
I forget what we were fighting for
Asking only bread and roses
Then they cut us down
I swear only a handful came back
When they went up to yonder town
Chorus:
Hand out the castanets
Lay down a tune for flamenco
Strike up the clarinets
I want to dance the fandango
Chorus:
Hand out the castanets
Lay down a tune for flamenco
Strike up the clarinets
I want to dance the fandango